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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

inaccurate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ɪnˈæ.kjʊ.ɹət/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /ɪnˈæk.jʉː.ɹət/ (Australia)
  • /ɪnˈæk.jɚ.ɪt/ (General-American)
  • /ɪnˈæk.jə.ɹət/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /-ət/ (General-American)
  • /ɪnˈæk.jə.ɹɪt/ (General-American)
  • /ɪnˈæk.jə.ɹɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From in- + accurate. See also unaccurate.

Meanings

  1. Mistaken or incorrect; not accurate.
    • It is not benchmarkable and it will almost inevitably be fudgeable and inaccurate to some extent, even with your best efforts to attribute benefits to specific IT changes. 2003, Iain Aitken, Value-Driven IT Management, page 253:
    • The DNC organized the petition drive when it became clear this week that the network was prepared to ignore criticism of its decision to air a right-wing, factually inaccurate mocudrama that dishonors the memory of 9/11 victims in order to serve a cheap, callous political agenda two months before the election. 2006, Bruce R. Lindsey, Douglas J. Band, Comments About ABC Entertainment's 9/11 Film, ABC News, page 1:

Forms

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more inaccurate Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most inaccurate Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

accurate

Deriveds

inaccuracy · inaccurateness · inaccurately

Synonyms

wrong · incorrect

Translations (19)

it inaccurato (not accurate) · bg грешен (not accurate) · it impreciso (not accurate) · es desatinado (not accurate) · es desacertado (not accurate) · ga míchruinn (not accurate) · fi epätarkka (not accurate) · th คลาดเคลื่อน (not accurate) · gl impreciso (not accurate) · ga neamhbheacht (not accurate) · fi virheellinen (not accurate) · de inakkurat (not accurate) · cs nepřesný (not accurate) · fr imprécis (not accurate) · bg неточен (not accurate) · ca imprecís (not accurate) · cmn 不准确的 (not accurate) · ga éigrinn (not accurate) · ga neamhchruinn (not accurate)